the next best thing is to see barry horowitz in the audience. he's about the best and most selfless friend you could have. any play worth seeing has got to have some surprises waiting for the audience in the second act. that opinion, just one of many held on the subject of theater by barry horowitz. it also pretty well describes the second act of barry's life, which, to him has come as something as a surprise. >> totally upexpected. i never expected to do anything like this. >> his first act was that of professor. for 50 years, he taught thousands of young people about literature, history, and yes, theater. but, when he retired in 2012, barry thought he had, well, retired. then one day he saw a play, one he loved and thought deserved more attention, so he volunteered to write a review for a theater website. that one review turned into another and another and so many more. >> then i found there were so many plays and so many theaters that i didn't even know about, and i couldn't cover them all. so i started giving assignments to friends of mine,